Equipment needed:
- Whisk
- Mixing bowl
- Fat Daddio’s cake pan 12″x3″ round or 9″x13″ rectangular
- Stand mixer with paddle attachment
- Airtight container or Saran Wrap (for cooling dough)
- Rolling pin (with 5/8-inch guides)
- Round cake pop maker — bite-pop size
- Stick Jig Tool (optional, for centered placement)
- Spatula
- Microwavable bowl (for chocolate)
- Laser thermometer
- Cake pop sticks
- Hand massager (for quick-drip technique)
- Food warming mat (to maintain coating temperature while dipping)
- Flat Surface/Baking Sheet
- Tipless Piping Bags
Cake Pop – Funfetti
Description
Makes approximately 23 to 28 cake pops
Ingredients – Cake Dough Base
Ingredients – Dipping & Decoration
Bake & Rest
- Preheat your oven according to the box directions.
- Prepare the cake batter by combining the Betty Crocker White Cake Mix, water, eggs, sour cream, vegetable oil, and Butter Vanilla Emulsion according to package directions.
- Bake according to box instructions.
- Rest: After removing the cake from the oven, let it rest for 10 to 15 minutes to release excess steam, then cover it with aluminum foil and let it rest for 1 to 2 hours, or until it comes to room temperature.
- Once the cake has cooled completely to room temperature, break it into pieces and place them into a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
- Mix on low. If after 5 minutes the dough has not come together to a pliable Play-Doh consistency, you can knead it by hand.
- Scrape the white cream filling off the 10 Golden Oreos, then crush the cookies into small pieces.
- Gently fold the crumbled Golden Oreo cookies and ½ cup rainbow sprinkles into the dough by hand until evenly distributed.
- Knead the dough for a few minutes to give it the final consistency it requires.
- Roll the dough flat using 5/8-inch guides to ensure consistent depth.
- Cut out individual portions using your cutter.
- Melt the Stover & Company Sweet Shop Melts and Stover Deluxe Melts together
- Place the bowl of melted coating directly onto your food warming mat set to hold at the target temperature.
- Check the coating with a laser thermometer to confirm it stays steadily within 92°F–98°F.
- Dip the tip of a treat stick into the melted coating, then insert it into the rolled-out cake cutout (almost to the top).
- Fully dip the cake pop into the coating. Apply the hand massager to your wrist for a quick-drip vibration to smoothly shed excess coating.
- Lay the pops flat on a flat surface so that toppings and drizzled lines do not slide off while setting.
- Fill a tipless piping bag with remaining melted Ultra White coating. Snip a small tip and drizzle clean accent lines across the dipped pops.
- While the drizzle/coating is still wet, apply the extra rainbow sprinkles so they adhere securely.
- Allow the coating and drizzle to set completely before packaging or serving.
CRITICAL: Do not overbake your cake. A larger surface area bakes faster—remove it as soon as a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Mix the Dough
Portion & Shape
I like to use the Bite Pop size round cake pop cutter from our website.
Insert Cake Pop Sticks & Dip
I use the stick jig tool for precise, centered placement.
Decorate & Set
Pro Tip: Why Sour Cream & Deluxe Melts?
- The Fat Ratio Sweet Spot: After testing only sour cream, higher sour cream, lower sour cream, and only oil, ⅓ cup sour cream + 2 tbsp vegetable oil is the winner. Oil alone makes dough greasy and soft, while pure sour cream can get too dense. This hybrid creates a rich, pliable dough that holds its shape—no frosting needed!
- Deluxe Melts Advantage: Standard candy melts can run thick. Adding 10%–20% Deluxe Melts naturally thins the blend for a sleek, thin shell at 92°F–98°F without adding Paramount Crystals or extra oil.
- Golden Oreo Prep & Mix-in: Be sure to remove the white cream filling from the Golden Oreos before crushing. Using only the crunchy cookie keeps the dough texture firm and clean, while folding the cookies and sprinkles in by hand prevents the mixer paddle from grinding the cookies to dust or causing sprinkle dyes to bleed.
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